Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	202
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	180
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	22
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	78
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	10
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	2

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	23,592
Hospital beds	663

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	18,874
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	12,772
Other HMOs (1998)	2	6,102

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	150,749	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	145,751	96.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	868	0.6
Blacks (1999)	3,295	2.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	173	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	662	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	977	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,241
Avg median household income (1997)	29,197
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,736
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7